April 19 NHL Playoff Picks — Colorado Avalanche @ Calgary Flames

These are the condensed versions of picks for Friday’s NHL playoff game for Winners and Whiners. A link to the full preview is below, and confidence ratings are in parentheses.

Note: The 5/5 does not represent the best overall pick of the day’s games when there are multiple games, simply the best pick of each individual game.

Colorado Avalanche at Calgary Flames:

Side Prediction/Full Game: Avalanche (+155) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/Full Game: UNDER 6 runs (-110) — 4/5 — PUSH!
Prop Prediction/Full Game: Flames UNDER 3.5 goals (-150) — 5/5 — WIN!
Prop Prediction/Full Game 2: Rantanen OVER 2.5 shots (-140) — 4/5 — WIN!
Side Prediction/1st Period: Avalanche +0.5 goals (-175) — 3/5 — WIN!
Total Prediction/1st Period: UNDER 1.5 goals (Even) — 3/5 — LOSS!
Prop Prediction/1st Period: NO to goal in first 10 minutes (+135) — 3/5 — LOSS!

Day’s Record: 4-2-1 (.643)
Previous Day’s Record: 3-3-0 (.500)
Playoff Record: 16-18-1 (.471)

April Record: 13-11-0 (.542)
March Record 47-19-1 (.709)
February Record: 38-33-0 (.535)
January Record: 27-31-3 (.482)
December Record 39-33-1 (.541)
November Record: 44-36-0 (.550)
October Record: 31-22-0 (.585)

Season Record: 239-191-5 (.555)
Playoff Record: 16-18-1 (.471)

1-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
2-Star Pick Record: 0-0 (.000)           (0-0 (.000) in Playoffs)
3-Star Pick Record: 2-2 (.500)           (9-11 (.450) in Playoffs)
4-Star Pick Record: 1-0-1 (.750)        (5-3-1 (.611) in Playoffs)
5-Star Pick Record: 1-0 (1.00)           (2-4 (.333) in Playoffs)

(Johnny Gaudreau photo courtesy Sergei Belski/USA TODAY Sports)